Thursday, February 28, 2019

Old friends and lollipops

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
~Thomas à Kempis


I'm done with peace poem month! (My "I'm done" song!)

My poem for the last day:

reassuring smile
in the mirror
oldest friend


My poem for Kortney at One Deep Drawer:



Hope
has a
lollipop middle --
a floaty, sticky
swirl of color,
spiral-light.
Have a little lick
and it will lift
you upright.


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TeacherDance has the Poetry Friday round-up. Thanks, Linda!

15 comments:

KatApel - katswhiskers.wordpress.com said...

LOVE! So much conveyed in that last day poem.❤

Linda B said...

I didn't make it at all, Tabatha. Congratulations on your writing all month for peace. Your final poem is a new idea for me for 'peace', but it is truth. I like your poem for Kortney, too, that 'little lick' is something we all could use.

Kimberly Hutmacher said...

Yay for you and completing your month of peace poems! You ended with a gem!

jan godown annino said...

Congratulations on the peaceful project - I don't think I would have the creativity to bring it home.
And I like both of these so very much. Especially:

"Have a little lick
and it will lift
you upright."

So visual a thought & stirs my taste buds, too!

Donna Smith said...

"it will lift
you upright"
Another post that lifts the spirits today! And I love yours...peace begins and ends within.

jama said...

Congrats on finishing peace month. Of course I love the lollipop poem! Your last day poem is perfect too. Yes, oldest friend :).

Carol Varsalona said...

Tabatha, I have read your hope poem several times to savor a bit delicious line. Peace!

Margaret Simon said...

"Hope has a lollipop middle" is a wonderful line! Such a joy-filled way to describe hope.

Molly Hogan said...

Congratulations on finishing peace month! You've created some beautiful poems along the way. This one is great! I love the line Margaret mentioned and also all those "l" and "i" sounds at the end.

Brenda at FriendlyFairyTales said...

Yum!

Robyn Hood Black said...

Way to go, Tabatha! That is a beautiful bit of discipline and creativity, to have met your adventurous goal. Thank you for this wonderful, cheering lollipop poem and for the so-true mirror poem - hats off to you!:0)

Heidi Mordhorst said...

Tabatha, forgive me for somehow missing the overall purpose of your February posts--such a wide-ranging idea of peace. Your last day poem packs a gut-punch of------
peace. You are gifted indeed to have your oldest friend be so reassuring.
I'm sorry to hear that A had to use her Epipen. I hope it worked the way it was supposed to, and I thank you for the illness art posts. See you soon!

Tara said...

That's an enchanting poem, Tabatha - there is sweetness in one's hope for peace.

Catherine Flynn said...

I love the optimism of both of these poems, Tabatha. I need to remind myself about your advice about hope more often. Thank you for sharing!

Michelle Kogan said...

Love your lollipop poem Tabatha, it's delicious–and it definately "will lift you upright!" I also liked the peached quote by homas à Kempis, thanks.